Kalico Kitchen

Always fast service and delicious food. We are local and eat here quite often. Have never had a problem. They don’t except cards but there’s a bank down the street if you need cash.

The Kitchen has been in Union for decades and still seems to remain a local favorite but I was very unimpressed with it myself. Nothing I had really seemed homemade and the pies served for dessert were clearly pre-​packaged as they came in single serving, commercially packaged units. The interior is fine, if a little run down, and has been pretty busy every time I’ve been by but the actual food and pokey service failed to impress me in the least.

Kalico Kitchen is the only place in the world I ever have been served undercooked French fries. That was my first visit. My second of total two visits, I received a taco salad with Doritos for chips and a sealed plastic single-​serving of sour cream, which opened to reveal a spot of mold. The recipes set the bar pretty low. But the execution and quality control fail even to meet it.
That said, if you just want to hang and gab with a coupla friends for cheap, Kalico Kitchen may be your ticket. That Dorito taco salad? $ 4 flat. Plus Kalico Kitchen is open Sundays and other hours, when the eatery pickin’s are slim.
The décor is economy diner style, with booths, laminate, and vinyl, and is reasonably clean, though feels a little claustrophobic to me. It doesn’t help at all that Fox News is always playing. The staff and patrons are loveable, down-​home types who know each other. The demographic leans toward silver hair.
Food 3 + ambiance 3 + value 7 + service 5 = overall 3.9 /​10 (forgettable)